sescheitler 's review for:

Still Life with Woodpecker by Tom Robbins

4.0

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Tom did it again... I love his books, and this was the last of them I had yet to read. The plot is simpler and characters perhaps a bit less crazy than in his newer novels, but it had all of his characteristic elements to which any fan looks forward: Rebels/outlaws, exotic locales, Seattle, inanimate objects having a much larger role than one would normally expect, and a large dose of "Tom" philosophy to boot. He had me contemplating the importance of Camel Cigarettes, the lunar cycle, and red hair. I got through 272 of its 277 pages and was completely satisfied, but then he threw in an epilogue that blew me away, and completely summarized a few years worth of my ponderings about attraction and romance. And it was handwritten! Within his works, I would rank this as in the middle. I liked it much more than Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, but considerably less than Jitterbug Perfume, Skinny Legs and All, and Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates.